Open invitation to tender, deadline 30th April, 2001, for 1 km-long road tunnel for Statens Vegvesen Vest Agder, fax +47 381 21501. Visit www.vegvesen.no December 2000.Veidekke and its subsidiary Br. Reme scooped NOK239 million contract to build the 2 x 1 km Oddernes tunnel on E18 highway in sand and silt. Cross section is 6 m-high and 10 m-wide. Cut-and-cover method. Completion date set to 1st June, 2004. Visit www.veidekke.no 46/01.Negotiated procedure, deadline 7th April, 2005 for design, build, finance and operate contract under a 25-year PPP contract for the 38 km Grimstad-Kristiansand section of the E18 motorway in Grimstad, Lillesand and Kristiansand municipalities, including tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=031939-2005, OJ S 33, or contact Statens vegvesen, Oslo, fax +47 22073673. E-mail firmapost@vegvesen.no. The information memorandum on prequalification for the project will be published on 21st February at www.ppproads.no. An open day for potential bidders will be held to explain the project in Kristiansand on 2nd March, 2005. Bidders who wish to attend should send a message to firmapost@vegvesen.no 08/05.Just two months after its selection as preferred bidder, Bilfinger Berger has reached a financial agreement on its first concession project in Norway. Consortium Agder OPS Vegselskap led by Bilfinger Berger BOT (50%) and including Sundt (35%) and E. Pihl & Son (15%) will finance, design, construct and operate for 25 years a 38 km section of the E18 highway between Grimstad and Kristiansand. The contract amounts to NOK3.3 billion. The section is part of the new highway between Oslo and Kristiansand. Design and construction includes four bridges and seven twin bored tunnels: Kvernasen (150 m), Skifjell (1,060 m), Songefjellheia (350 m), Bjellandsvad-Steindal (1,560 m), Steindal-Urdal (2,190 m), Loehia (130 m) and Studeheia (300 m), totalling approx. 2 x 5,740 metres. Each tube will carry two lanes with profile T9.5. Construction will be executed under the technical leadership of Bilfinger Berger's civil engineering division. The highway section will open on 1st September, 2009. Visit www.bilfinger.de, www.ppproads.no and www.vegvesen.no/ppp/pdf/Infohefte_PPP_E18.pdf 31-32/06.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 20.01.2011, for planning a new four-lane E18 between Tvedestrand and Arendal in Aust-Agder county. Assignment includes bridge, tunnel and geotechnical competence, period 01.04.2011 to 31.12.2012. Further information from Stian Blindheim at Statens vegvesen Region south in Arendal, tel +47 81548000, e-mail firmapost-sor@vegvesen.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=367315-2010. 50/10.

Prior information notice of start of award procedures during May/June, 2012 for the development plan of new E18 between Tvedestrand and Arendal following agreed plan for the same stretch. Requested expertise is road planning, geotechnical engineering, bridge and tunnel expertise. Register interest and view any additional information at http://www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=250597. Further information from Stian Blindheim at Statens vegvesen Region south in Arendal, tel +47 81548000, e-mail stian.blindheim@vegvesen.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=058644-2012. 13/12.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 03.09.2012, for installation of automatic incident detection (AID) system in Banehei and Oddernes tunnels in Kristiansand municipality. Register interest and obtain additional details at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=263079.  Further information, specs and docs from Jan-Oyvind Pedersen at Statens vegvesen Region sor at Arendal, tel +47 81548000, e-mail jan-oyvind.pedersen@vegvesen.no to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=219947-2012. 28/12

Award of contract to Trafsys AS of Bergen for installation of automatic incident detection (AID) system in Banehei and Oddernes tunnels in Kristiansand municipality. Further information from Jan-Oyvind Pedersen at Statens vegvesen Region sor at Arendal, tel +47 81548000, e-mail firmapost-sor@vegvesen.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=389994-2012. 50/12.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 08.04.2016, for the design and build of the highway section of E18 Tvedestrand-Arendal, a 23 km-long stretch including  four T9 tunnels: Fløyheia (610 m), Traelfjell (205 m), Hesthag Mountain (684 m) and Torsbuasen (785 m). For electronic access to information and submission of tenders  http://eu.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=158779&B=NYEVEIER. Contact Nye Veier AS, attn Bjørn Børseth, Kristiansand, tel +47 97501310, e-mail bjorn.borseth@nyeveier.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=71927-2016. Ref.n. 2016-P001. 09/16. 

AF Gruppen Norge AS at Oslo secured the EUR332.27 million contract, excluding VAT, for the design and build of the highway section of E18 Tvedestrand-Arendal, a 23 km-long stretch including  four T9 tunnels:

Fløyheia (610 m), Traelfjell (205 m), Hesthag Mountain (684 m) and Torsbuasen (785 m). Contact Nye Veier AS, attn Bjorn Borseth, Kristiansand, tel +47 97501310, email bjorn.borseth@nyeveier.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=346287-2017 .

Ref.n. 2016-P001. 36/17.

AF Gruppen Norge AS from Oslo secured the EUR332.27 million contract, excluding VAT, for the design and build of the highway section of E18 Tvedestrand-Arendal, a 23 km-long stretch including  four T9 tunnels: Fløyheia (610 m), Traelfjell (205 m), Hesthag Mountain (684 m) and Torsbuasen (785 m). Contact Nye Veier AS, attn Bjorn Borseth, Kristiansand, tel +47 97501310, email bjorn.borseth@nyeveier.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=346287-2017 .

Ref.n. 2016-P001. 36/17.